Oct 21

Verizon hosting Droid event on October 28

Posted in: Android, breaking news, BreakingNews, droid, moto, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, vzw

Verizon has yet to give a firm date on when we can all get our hands on some Droids, but we know one thing’s for certain: it’ll be fully revealed for the first time one week from today, October 28. The invitation that’s been extended to the media confirms that it’ll come from Motorola (of course), it’ll be Verizon’s “must-have device of the year,” and it’s got a very close association with giant, scary, glowing eyes. A far cry from Google’s friendly green bot, isn’t it?

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Oct 21

Unboxing Verizons Droid

Posted in: Android, motorola, Today's Chili, Verizon Wireless

droid1.JPGA box arrived for me from Verizon’s PR firm today, with a wonderfully scary little robot-eye sticker on the side. Given that the Motorola Droid launch is coming on October 28, could this be the new phone? Head to the jump to see what happened when I unboxed the contents.

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Oct 21

New Verizon Droid Dates: October 28, November 9

Posted in: Android, motorola, Today's Chili, Verizon Wireless

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We’ve got fresh news today on the Verizon/Motorola Droid front. Verizon Wireless’s first (and highly-awaited) Android phone is now tipped to do … something … November 9, according to a small postcard I got in the mail from Verizon’s PR agency today (shown at left.)
Combine that with the coded countdown on Verizon’s official Droid site, which now counts down to October 28 instead of the original October 30, and we have what look like announcement and sale dates for the first Android 2.0 phone. October 28 and November 9. Keep them in mind.
The “Droid” will be Verizon Wireless’s first Google Android-powered phone, built by Motorola. Two weeks ago, Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam promised the first of several Android phone launches “in a few weeks” and followed up with an official press photo of himself and Google CEO Eric Schmidt wielding two Verizon Android phones, one assumed to be the Motorola device and the other looking like a variant of Sprint’s HTC Hero. 
No other phones so far have run version 2.0 of the Android OS, codenamed “Eclair,” though the appearance of a giant inflatable pastry on the Google campus last week foreshadowed its coming.
You can sign up for more information about Verizon’s “Droid” at http://phones.verizonwireless.com/motorola/droid/?cmp=OTC-Droid-redirect1
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Oct 21

Samsung Moment unboxed!

Posted in: Android, Features, hands-on, samsung, Today's Chili, unboxing

It’s here, folks. We’ll naturally have more impressions in the near future, but for now feast your eyes on the Samsung Moment and one of the least eventful unboxings of all time — Sprint sure isn’t packaging this like a premium handset, but at $179 we suppose it isn’t really pricing it like one either. The hardware itself might tell a different story, with a solid, hefty feel to it and great screen. So far our editors are divided on the keyboard, with Chris not being sure it meets up to the CLIQ’s standards, while this writer feels it’s far superior — not tiresome to press, but super clicky and very touch type-able. While we sort out this astonishing bit of intra-office drama, check out the unboxing shots in the gallery below. The phone goes on sale November 1st.

Gallery: Samsung Moment unboxed!

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Samsung Moment unboxed! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 21

Motorola Readying Second Verizon Phone Already?

Posted in: Android, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon

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Yawn. So, who else is bored of all of this Droid talk? Sure the phone isn’t out yet (or, really, even officially announced), but who isn’t ready to start planning for a second Motorola/Verizon Android handset? Apparently there’s one in the works already–actually, if the pictures leaked to Boy Genius Report are to be believed, the thing looks to be well on its way.

The phone–apparently codenamed: Calgary–seems to be the carrier’s answer to the T-Mobile Cliq. The device apparently runs Motorola’s Android Blur software, which would mean that it’s heavily focused on the social networking aspect of things, thus targeted largely toward the teenage Sidekick crowd, who, are likely not all that happy with T-Mobile/Danger at the moment.

The device has a QWERTY slider keyboard, Wi-Fi, and a 3MP camera.

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Oct 21

Motorola Verizon Droid Launch Imminent

Posted in: Android, Google, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon

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Hey guys, it’s really happening! If you needed any more proof that the first Android phone for Verizon is coming–and coming soon–the carrier has begun sending out scary, Halloweeny mailers sporting the rather ominous words, “The Day of Droid is Approaching.” Judging from the words and pictures, Verizon no doubt want us to believe that Google sent this Motorola handset from the future to save the world from future iPhone iterations.

Oh, and get this–the phone may not be out (or even officially announced), but you can already pick up cases for the Motorola A855 over at Best Buy Mobile (don’t worry, it says “Motorola Droid” on there too–in really small letters).

Oh, and according to a few intrepid code crackers, the countdown on the Android site has been pushed up to October 28th. Happy early Halloween.

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Oct 21

Raytheon deploying Android-powered RATS on battlefields in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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Raytheon deploying Android-powered RATS on battlefields in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Android, Android everywhere. Android, Android in my hair. In my Nook and in my car, in my netbook and in my… wait, Afghanistan? It seems defense contractor Raytheon, creators of the famous “pain ray“, have launched a device called RATS: the Raytheon Android Tactical System. It allows soldiers to mark other soldiers and even UAVs as “buddies,” then track their position in real time on a map, even picking up streaming video coming from above — sort of like Latitude but putting a whole new spin on stalking. No word on how soldiers like their new devices so far, but once a Twitter app is added we’re sure they won’t shut up about it.

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Raytheon deploying Android-powered RATS on battlefields in Afghanistan and Pakistan originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 21

Dell Streak is a 5-inch Android 2.0 MID, packs 3G and WiFi (video)

Posted in: Android, bluetooth, breaking news, BreakingNews, capacitive, leak, MID, multitouch, smartphone, streak, Today's Chili, wifi, wwan

Well, hello there! Those Dell MID rumors we’ve been hearing have finally received vindication in the form of a nice, picture-heavy leak courtesy of some industrious folks in Vietnam. What we know as of now is that there’s an 800 x 480 capacitive touchscreen display (with multitouch zooming), WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G WWAN connectivity, all riding atop an Android 2.0 (aka, Donut Eclair) install. A dual-LED flash 5 megapixel camera adorns the back, and there’s a 1,300mAh battery to power all that goodness. See pics below and a video awaits after the break, where an old friend of ours plays with the jumbo smartphone.

[Via SlashGear; Thanks, Nicky N.]

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Oct 21

Leaked Video: Dell’s Streak MID with Android 2.0

Posted in: Android, MID, rumors, streak, Today's Chili, top

We heard Dell was developing a couple of Android prototypes, the first being its Android phone. Is this mini-tablet with 5-inch touchscreen, 3G and Wi-Fi the second? Video, pics, and a size comparison after the jump.

This apparent engineering sample was leaked by Vietnamese site, Tinhte.com, and appears fairly legit. It suggests the Streak has an 800 by 480 touch screen, 5-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, microSD card storage, and a 1,300mAh battery.

As you can see in the video, it also looks like there will be a front-facing camera for video calls. Slashgear also points out that the engineering sample is labeled as a US variant. You’ll know more when we do. [Tinhte via SlashGear]

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Oct 20

Motorola Droid ads invading mailboxes, too?

Posted in: ad, ads, Android, droid, marketing, motorola, Today's Chili, verizon

Because television and the internet can’t be the only media feeling the touch of the Droid’s marketing blitz, it looks like promotional mailers are being sent out. No new details or screenshots, but you can’t get enough of Motorola / Verizon’s Android device anyway, can you? A few more pics past the read link.

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